Hello All! While it's nice and quiet here, thought I'd tip toe in and introduce myself. Mary Anne, with an "E."

I've been collecting for some time now, both hosta and daylilies. My garden was on the Region 2 tour for the "other" AHS last year. I wasn't expecting Mark Zilis to get off the bus, but he does hems too. I missed the photo of a lifetime, Mark taking a pic of this clump of Sagae, the start of which had originally come from his lab. This pic was taken earlier this month.

WELCOME Twig
Glad you kept up with the mess here at Cubits and tried again.
Actually the picture of Mark isn't once in a lifetime - I've seen him speak 3 times now and he'll be at Dubuque IA again on June 6 at the Hostafest.
Can you add your location to your profile (or at least your zone if you don't feel comfortable with all that is going on)? Dave is protective of user information so he will not share anything publicly.

Nice picture - hope we get to see a lot of you more over in the other forums.

Thanks, CJ.:)

I had to chuckle at your Nickname. The once in a life time of Da Man's visit was:

A. My garden was weeded for more than two minutes; and

B. I doubt that I'd ever have the pleasure of having him here again.

You must have a pretty nice collection of mature hostas to get him to visit. Hats off to you.

P.S. If I lived up to my online name, I'd be outside now instead of checking up on cubits - it's been quite a ride.

AlwaysWeeding said:Actually the picture of Mark isn't once in a lifetime - I've seen him speak 3 times now and he'll be at Dubuque IA again on June 6 at the Hostafest.

I thought Twig was referring to the opportunity to get a picture of Mark taking a picture of that particular, and significant, clump of 'Sagae.' And that 'Sagae' is simply amazing!

Welcome to the community, Twig! Long may it prosper.

Hi, just found you guys here after the hoopla at DG...sad, sad, but I think I'll have some friends here as well as at Hallsons.

I'm Laura and I live in Southern Virginia, in the area known as Hampton Roads. It's a bit south of Williamsburg..the big historical area along with Jamestown and Yorktown...also Colonial history areas. I'm a zone 7b/8a borderline person, and Hostas are my primary collection....along with a few Japanese Maples.

I'm very happy to be out in the garden this year as last year, I suffered badly from allergies and migraines. This year...I'm restarting allergy shots, and remembering to take my meds as well as seeing a massage therapist to help avoid the headaches. Sooo...I lost quite a few hostas, but not as many as I thought I would. Almost all of my hostas are in pots. All of my flower beds need a huge amount of weeding and attention, so I'm taking things a little at a time and trying to get some help with the weeding so that I can do the part I enjoy...the planting, trimming, and maybe hybridizing or at least planting my hosta seeds if I let the bees do the work.

Nice to see some familiar names...and faces. Once I figure out how things work here, I'll post some pictures of my own.

Laura

Welcome Laura. I think we will see several more people here because of IB's actions. Be sure to read all of Dave's postings on cubits, too. It is hard reading, but comforting in the end.

I understand about your weeding issues. I didn't weed as much last year, and had one area from the year before that was partly neglected. Now all of my gardens are so weedy that I am ready to send out the SOS to local garden friends to help. I told my workplace that I would work 6-2 with no lunch, too, just so I can be outside a couple more hours. Hope it helps.
Looking forward to pics of your gardens. Have fun here with the cubits people. They have all been welcoming and nice.

Dang! I've been hanging out on the hosta forums and never introduced myself...how rude of me, lol!
I'm Bev. I know some of y'all from the other place. I am hopeless and helpless when it comes to hostas. It doesn't help that I 'collect' any other plants that catch my eye and got into wintersowing a few years ago. I need to move into my neighbor's yards!

It also makes it tough that I live about 10 minutes from Plant Delights and about 40 min. from Green Hill-Bob and Nancy Solberg's nursery. Oh, my aching wallet!!

Good to see all of you, let's hope we continue unbothered.
Bev

Living near Plant Delights and Green Hill would definitely put a strain on my wallet, too! But I'd sure like to see both places. :)

And I agree...I hope we continue unbothered, too. Long live Cubits!

Hi everyone -- I don't have a ton of hostas, but I love looking at pictures of them. I probably won't have much to add to the discussion, but I'll be here enjoying your photos and wisdom..... Looking forward to it. Laura

Hey Laura!! Glad you are here!

Welcome Laura!! Dont worry, we can turn you into a Hosta addict in no time!!

Hey Laura we are in the same growing zone. Have you been gardening long? What are some of your favorite plants in the garden?

Hi! I've been gardening seriously for about 9 years, in the same garden. My faves are definitely lilies and clematis. I adore hostas too and if I had more room would have lots more. But I can fantasize!

I feel really stupid. I've been posting on other Hosta threads here, but never introduced myself. I see some DG friends are here. Hi ladies.

My name is Diana and I live 60 miles west of Chicago out in the DeKalb county boonies. I'm originally from the St. Charles/Geneva, IL area, but bought out here in 1991 where we could afford to have 5 acres. Our daughter had 2 horses and we needed a place where she could keep them. She's since then moved to her own place, but the boys stayed here. Of course, good old mom and dad were happy to take care of them. 19 years later, we still have one left. He's just a pasture ornament now and a pet.

I worked at a particle physics laboratory for 20 years, 14 of those years I commuted 70 miles a day. I retired in 2005, but still do some oncall work for the lab when they need me to draw prairie flowers for the Science Center's K-12 prairie program website. I miss the people I worked with for 20 years. Some of us still get together on special occasions.

Most of the plantings in my yard are Hostas and Daylilies with a scattering of Peonies, Iris, and other perennials, and ornamental trees. The place was just lawn when we moved here. For a house built in 1906 you would think there would have been something. It's now a jungle. I like it that way.

Although I label all my Daylilies, about 130 varieties, I'm bad about labeling the Hostas, maybe 20 varieties only. I have to keep track of the Daylilies though because of trades and sales.

Well, that's me in a nutshell.

Diana

hellow i'm laurens from belgium and if goth 118 hostas

Looks like you have a few to plant? If so, welcome to the "club". I always have some carried over in pots.

Hello all, my first time over here. Another member suggested that I visit the Hosta Cubit so here I am. My interest in hosta has been growing over the past few years. I don't have a lot of shade but I like so many of the plants that grow in the shade and I have been developing small shade gardens and an interest in hosta as well. I will never have hundreds of them like some of you do but I have a few very pretty ones that I really enjoy. I will head over to the Chat threads and talk to you all there.
This is a small bed that is near my side entrance.

Welcome to all our new members! Please head over to the chat threads and start showing us your gardens!!

hello ...my name is Lee and I have a 1/4 acre lot in Schaumburg, Illinois...my hosta are so big I am hoping to trade a bunch. I have 150+ varieties and can shop at a local wholesale place (can you say group buy???)...Maybe get a trade database going(might be one here already)...I have a facebook hosta group started. I have between 400 and 600 plants -big ones ... blue angel -3x6 feet and sagae -3.5x5 feet,... and little ones... teaspoon and grand prize and all in between...I need atom smasher, little sunspot, illicit affair, blue ivory and tick tock...for now lol email your needs and hopefully we can chat. I also speak at garden clubs about the almighty 'H' and have given away hundreds of hosta in past years to friends, family and some shoppers that come by now and again...I am happy to share my love of this wonderful plant with anyone...take care Lee [email protected]